Narrative Arts Club: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

dublin | arts and media | event notice Tuesday September 23, 2008 18:52 by The Oh-Aissieux - Narrative Arts Club

Plus storytelling a la carte

The storytelling club that "knows no boundaries and succumbs to few taboos" is delighted to offer another evening of innovative and international storytelling, featuring a new adaptation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
With The Oh-Aissieux and guest performers, Adam Wilson and Michael Phelan.
Library Bar Extension, Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin 2.
On Tuesday 30 September 2008 only.
Doors 7.30. Show starts 8pm sharp.
Admission EUR5, concessions EUR2.
Book to avoid disappointment. Text names to 086 060 3818.

Plot summary: While exploring an abandoned warehouse in the desert near Baghdad, Ali is startled by the buzz of engines and a cloud of dust that rages across the sands. Hiding, he watches as forty heavily armed men, dressed in the uniform of robbers, arrive in a convoy of humvees laden with loot. Ali's curiosity soon leads him into deadly confrontation with the robbers. Fortunately, his quick-witted, plucky cook Mariana is on hand to defend the household from attack.

The evening's show will also feature "storytelling a la carte", where members of the audience are invited to select stories for performance from a menu.

This is storytelling, but not as we know it. This is eye-contact theatre for the noughties.